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Breaking News - Liz Truss Resigns as Prime Minister

Liz Truss has just resigned as UK Prime Minister. A Conservative Party leadership election will take place within the next week. She will remain in post in until a new leader is elected.

We will be contacting DCMS and BEIS today to find out how this will impact the BEIS survey on cost of living and energy, and will be updating heritage sector colleagues as we know more. In the meantime, please do continue to respond to the survey and feed your anecdotal evidence into Polly at policy@theheritagealliance.gov.uk.

Updates from The Heritage Alliance

New Cost of Living Project with Historic England

We have been working with Historic England to set up an evidence desk to collate as much information as we can for the heritage sector about cost-of-living challenges over a three-month period. This will be led by our Policy & Communications Team and we have welcomed back Lava Ali, who was previously with us as a Kickstarter, to work on this project.

We are very grateful for the case studies, figures and information that are coming in from our membership and hope to get in touch with organisations in every corner of the sector to ensure we are aware of the full range of challenges. This will help us to propose solutions to DCMS and BEIS on what support we need beyond the immediate 6-month period. Please contact Polly Martin via policy@theheritagealliance.org.uk.

Heritage in 20 Years – what will matter most?

Do you have an opinion on what will still matter for heritage in 20 years’ time?

Have your say and share your perspective with us (in the form of a short blog post) in the lead-up to our 2022 Heritage Debate. We are extending the deadline for submissions to Friday 28 October, and we’d like to hear a wide range of viewpoints on this stimulating topic.

We have now started to publish blogs up on a new Heritage Day 2022 event page on our website in the lead-up to  Heritage Debate 2022.

• In her blog, Sarah Roller, Policy & Education Officer at Historic Houses [Alliance member], discusses “the most pressing challenge for heritage today […] the climate emergency” and how it is impacting historic houses and gardens.
• And in their blog , the Anglia Lime Company reflects on the history of heritage conservation, and the need for the construction industry to work alongside heritage into the future. In choosing “more sustainable and eco-friendly materials such as lime” Anglia Lime argues, “we are choosing to make decisions not for the short term but the long-term viability of heritage conservation”.

Book your place for Heritage Debate 2022 – tickets are free for Alliance Members, or £5 - £7 for non-members. This year’s conversation will centre around the topic: ‘Heritage in 20 years: What will matter most?’. We look forward to hearing a wide range of perspectives from many of you on the day. Please spread the word.

Join The Heritage Alliance Team as a Trustee

Are you passionate about our diverse cultural and natural heritage and the forward-facing role it could play in enriching places and communities for everyone? Do you want to make a difference by supporting the people who care for it? Could you work with committed Trustees, staff and volunteers to influence policies and support heritage organisations?

We are searching for new Trustees to join us, to continue to build the capacity and diversity of the Heritage Alliance Board. The closing date for applications is 13 November 2022, and the full details are on our website. If you would like to have an informal chat to find out more about what a trustee does, we are holding two open virtual roundtables, on 21 October and 4 November.

Please share the opportunity with your networks and recommend any colleagues who you think would suit the role well.

Policy Updates

• We have been invited to an introductory meeting with new Heritage Minister Lord Kamall at the end of this month. A Heritage Council is also expected at the beginning of December, and we will use both opportunities to raise a range of current issues including ELMS, investment zones, and cost of living measures.
• We are continuing to contact new government ministers, sharing what we know on the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis and raising energy prices on our sector.
• Following the publication of the BEIS Cost of Living survey for organisations across the economy last week, we want to remind heritage sector BEIS Cost of Living survey organisations that the deadline to fill in this survey has now been extended until 23.55 on Sunday 30 October: https://bit.ly/3S95K8Q. Further detail on this below.
• We are working to refresh Backing the Bedrock, our fiscal and funding manifesto, for 2022, which we will publish following the Chancellor’s upcoming Autumn Statement. If you need a refresher on our key points, see Backing the Bedrock 2021 here.
• We’ve updated our summary of recent Cost of Living Announcements to reflect the change in Chancellor, changes to the government’s cost of living support and the upcoming Medium-Term Fiscal Plan.
• We held a meeting of our Funding and Investment Advocacy Group (FIAG) with Alliance Members last week, focusing on current sector needs in this space.
• Our CEO Lizzie attended a DCMS and Historic Environment Forum Round Table focused on Adapting Historic Homes for Energy Efficiency to feed into Government thinking in this space.

October #HeritageChat: the Historic Environment Sector on Film, TV & Other Media

The next week-long #HeritageChat will take place on Twitter from Monday 24 - Friday 28 October. This month, the chat will be exploring connections between our sector and film, TV and other media.

The questions will be made up of a selection of suggestions pooled from across Twitter to be announced by @HeritageChat on Friday 21 October. This will be a great topic for those in the sector whose work overlaps with film and media and is also shaping up to be interesting chat for those who wish to share views on how the historic environment and the work of our sector is portrayed on-screen.

Want to take part? Follow @HeritageChat or visit HeritageChat - Historic Environment Forum to learn more.

If you are looking for some inspiration, the Heritage Alliance’s report Inspiring Creativity, Heritage & The Creative Industries presents a series of case studies that demonstrate how heritage and creativity are interwoven.

Welcome to our New Alliance Members!

We are delighted to announce that Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, Past Participate, Kennet and Avon Canal Trust and Sulgrave Manor Trust have joined as the newest members of The Heritage Alliance.

Tenby Museum and Art Gallery is a long established museum with an excellent reputation for the quality of its collections and displays. Tenby Museum & Art Gallery stands as the oldest independent museum in Wales. Established in 1878 it continues to develop its collections and displays to preserve and promote the history of the town, giving a sense of place and heritage to both the local person and the visitor.

Past Participate is a non-profit social enterprise (estab. 2018) who specialise in delivering high quality research-led heritage investigations. Their small team has a passion for free to access community-led research, whether in villages, farms, national parks or back gardens. Their largest project to date is a 5 year community landscape project based on Tenants Hill, Kingston Russell, Dorset, where they are building a geological and archaeological picture of how this area has been used over millennia. Past Participate is also working with the Quantocks Landscape Partnership on delivering part of their programme of community engagement through test pitting weekends in several villages over 2021-2025.

The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust was set up in the 1960s to promote the restoration of the canal.  It now works to to promote the Kennet and Avon Canal to the benefit of all its users, the communities through which it passes, and its heritage.  The Trust owns, and opens to the public, Crofton Beam Engines, home to the oldest beam engine in the world still in its original location and still able to carry out the function it was built for – pumping water to the summit level of the canal.

Built by the ancestors of George Washington and saved from ruin by donors from both the UK and USA, Sulgrave Manor is the original home of the Special Relationship. Steeped in history with a legacy that unites nations, visitors are invited to discover the origins of the Washington family wealth, how they crossed the Atlantic when their fortunes faded and find out about George Washington, the man behind the myth. Sulgrave Manor is owned, maintained and operated by an independent charitable trust, The Sulgrave Manor Trust.

Offers for our Members

A number of our Affiliate Members are offering services to support the work of Heritage Alliance Members. These offers - set out here - include free legal calls, fundraising advice, discounted copyright training and consultation on carbon offsetting.

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Government News

Our summary of the latest announcements and guidance for the heritage sector.

Headlines

• Urgent BEIS survey on Cost of Living  

• New Chancellor & Treasury Appointments

• Government Announces Medium-Term Fiscal Plan

• Scoping Culture & Heritage Capital Report 

Cost of Living

Jeremy Hunt is the UK’s New Chancellor

On Friday 14 October, the former Prime Minister, Liz Truss, announced she had removed Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor, replacing him with Jeremy Hunt. While the Prime Minster resigned today, Jeremy Hunt will remain in post until the conclusion of the Conservative leadership election.

Jeremy Hunt was foreign secretary under Theresa May between 2018 and 2019. Before this, he was health minister between 2012 and 2018 and was culture minister between 2010 and 2012.

Government Announces Medium-Term Fiscal Plan 

On Monday 17 October, the new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced that the Government will scrap “almost all” of the tax measures which were announced in the mini-budget, bringing forward key announcements that were initially due to be delivered on 31 October. We have summarised the main points, alongside those announced in the Liz Truss’s Press Conference on 14 October, below:

• The basic rate of income tax will remain at 20p, instead of being reduced to 19p
• Cuts to dividend tax rates, the IR35 tax changes, VAT-free shopping for tourists and the alcohol duty changes will be reversed
• The Government plan to keep the cuts to stamp duty and National Insurance 
• The Chancellor has stated that the government will also review the help it is providing with energy bills. The energy price guarantee, as originally announced, will only last until April 2023. A Treasury-led review is to take place into how people and businesses are helped with energy bills from April next year, followed with a more targeted system 
• Liz Truss announced a U-turn on the corporation tax freeze. Corporation tax will now rise from 19% to 25% and is expected to raise £18billion in taxes annually. 

Liz Truss had previously confirmed that the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, would deliver the Government’s medium term fiscal plan in full on 31 October. This plan should set out in greater detail government tax and spending plans. Given the Prime Minister’s resignation today, it is now unclear if this will go ahead.

As news emerges, we will continue to update this summary on our website with potential impacts the new proposals and measures could have on heritage. 

Urgent BEIS Survey on Cost of Living

The Government is conducting an urgent 3-month review of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, to inform decisions about the future of the scheme following the conclusion of the initial 6-month period of support (31 March 2023). To inform this review, BEIS has issued the survey of individual organisations. The survey asks for individual firm-level details on your energy usage. The deadline has been extended until 23:55 on Sunday 30 October (previously Monday 24 October). 

While Government business would usually pause during a leadership election, due to the significant impact of the cost of living and energy crises on the whole of the economy, we expect Government to continue this call for evidence. We are communicating with DCMS and BEIS to urgently get clarification on this and will update sector colleagues as soon as we hear anything.

If you want to see the questions and some advice about how to fill in the survey, the Arts Council has created a useful document which you can find here.

If you are a heritage organisation, please use SIC code 9103 to complete Q1.2. To complete Q1.3, please enter one of the subcategories below. Please note, these are about comparable energy usage as opposed to being accurate descriptors of the whole of the heritage sector. For that reason, please do read the descriptions assigned to the categories, which have been agreed by Historic England.  

• Enterprise led heritage orgs – this means anything that is visitor dependent, which needs to keep a certain level of comfort for collections and /or visitors, probably with a food and beverage offering. If you are a religious building and rely on visitors for your income, for example a cathedral, please also and use this category. 
• Volunteer led heritage orgs – this is not just volunteer led organisations, rather those who need to keep an office space or similar warm for employees / volunteers.  If you are a religious building open for worship and community outreach, for example a parish church, please also use this category. Sector support organisations without a visitor offering would sit best here unless they are construction-focused.
• Heritage construction orgs – this means any organisations in the heritage sector for repair and maintenance, for example heritage specialist architects, surveyors, specialist training, specialist crafts suppliers of specialist heritage materials e.g. lime mortar, and commercial archaeologists. 

For those of you who operate in other sectors, for example the education sector, you may have received other instructions about sector codes to use. If you feel that these other sector codes better reflect your main work and your energy profile, please do use those instead. 

We are keen that the sector is well-represented in discussions surrounding the review and strongly encourage heritage organisations to complete the questionnaire.

We will continue to make the case to Government that heritage organisations should be included in those businesses that continue to receive cost of living support after March 2023. Thank you to our sector colleagues who are filling this out. It will really strengthen our advocacy work if you can also share your responses with us (e.g. by screen grab or saving answers in a word doc). Please email your responses to policy@theheritagealliance.org.uk.

DCMS & Culture

Scoping Culture & Heritage Capital Report

DCMS have published a report which scopes how the value of arts, culture and heritage can be articulated and measured based on DCMS’s Culture and Heritage Capital (CHC) Approach. The report can be read here.

The Scoping Culture and Heritage Capital study was commissioned jointly in November 2021 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and DCMS.

Amongst the key findings are that the introduction of the CHC framework presents significant opportunities for valuing the arts, culture and heritage, as well as policy decision-making. However, developing, operationalising and implementing this framework requires sustained research attention, methods refinement and, crucially, capacity- and capability-building across disciplines and sectors.

The study is accompanied by a AHRC/DCMS funding call for new research informed by the project’s recommendations. See further details under ‘Sector digest’ below.

£60m Fund for Investment & Access to Sport & Culture in the West Midlands

The Government has announced that it will invest £60million of underspend from the Birmingham 2022 budget in the West Midlands. The fund aims to increase access to sport and culture and drive inward investment and tourism in the area, alongside boosting the West Midland’s reputation as a world-class host for major events.

You can read more about the fund here.

Painting of 18th Century Cricketers at Risk of Leaving UK

The Cricketers (Ralph Izard & Friends) by Benjamin West, a painting worth £1,215,000, has been placed under export bar until 13 April 2023, allowing time for a UK gallery or institution to acquire the work.

The painting depicts five wealthy American men playing cricket, possibly at Kew, while visiting the UK to study in the 1700s.

The decision follows the advice of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest. The Committee made its recommendation on the grounds that the painting is of outstanding significance to the study of Britain’s relationship to America in the 18th century.

Environment

Why a Strong Natural Environment is Essential for the Economy

On Monday, Tony Juniper, Chair of Natural England, delivered a speech at a Natural England and Green Alliance joint event entitled ‘Economic prosperity: is it actually in our Nature?’. He presented nature recovery as the cost-effective answer to many urgent challenges, facilitating a healthy, sustainable economy, healthy, happy people living in attractive places, long term food security and thriving wildlife.

A full transcript of the speech can be found here and you can watch the full event on Green Alliance’s Youtube channel here.

Brexit & Immigration

Upcoming MAC Shortage Occupation List Consultation

Following consultation with the Home Office, the MAC will be pausing the launch of the review of the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) until after the Government have made their planned statement on immigration policy which the Chancellor announced as part of the Growth Plan

This statement is expected in October or early November. The MAC is pausing to ensure that the SOL review is fit for purpose in the light of any changes to immigration policy that the Government announces.

Visit the Publications page on our website to find previous responses on the MAC SOL we have submitted from The Heritage Alliance. We have made the case for a number of heritage professions to be added to the SOL, primarily across archaeology, construction and conservation (see in particular our 2018 paper on Evidence of shortages within the sector and our 2020 Heritage and Immigration Briefing). We will continue to make this case.

For a round-up of recent guidance:

The Heritage Alliance Brexit Hub lists recent Brexit guidance of relevance to the heritage sector. You can also read our briefings on Heritage, Brexit and Immigration on our website.

The Historic Environment Forum Brexit FAQs Trello Board also sets out useful material to help the sector navigate the post-Brexit period.

Parliamentary & Other Government News

APPG for Civic Societies to be Re-established

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Civic Societies will be re-established by MPs. The Parliamentary group will engage with Civic Voice to serve as a conduit between communities and MPs and Ministers.

The APPG listens to issues from Civic Voice members through public events, and private invitation only round-table discussions. The events are listed on the Civic Voice website.

Future meetings will look into the loss of conservation officers and the impact of the civic movement on promoting pride in place.

PM Rules out Deal with Greece over Parthenon Marbles 

Before her resignation, Liz Truss stated that she does not support the idea that an agreement can be made with Greece regarding the Parthenon Marbles. This is despite the chairman of the British Museum and former Chancellor, George Osborne, stating that there is a “deal to be done” with Greece in an interview with LBC in June.

The Marbles have been housed at the British Museum in London since the early 19^th century. Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to ask Truss to consider returning the marbles during an inter-governmental meeting scheduled for later this year.

Cabinet Reappointments: Grant Schapps is new Home Secretary

Yesterday (Wednesday 19 October), Suella Braverman resigned from her position as Home Secretary. She has been replaced by Grant Schapps.

Grant Schapps was previously Secretary of State for Transport between 2019 and 2022.

Given the resignation of the Prime Minister today, there are likely to be further changes to the Cabinet following the Conservative leadership contest that will be taking place over the next week.

Political Peerages 2022

26 new peers have been approved by King Charles III. The full list can be found on Gov.uk.

Sector Digest

Read on for a breakdown of the latest news from across the sector.

Celebrating Black History Month

Activities and events to celebrate Black History Month 2022 across the sector are ongoing. Here are some of the recent activities from heritage organisations:

• Historic Royal Palaces have continued to release a variety of content on Black History at the Palaces – including a podcast where historians Michael Ohajuru and Miranda Kaufmann talk about their research into Black Tudors in England during the 16th century.
• The National Lottery Heritage Fund [Alliance member] have re-shared a blog from Maxwell Apaladaga Ayamba, founder of Sheffield Environmental Movement and winner in the Heritage category at the National Lottery Awards 2021, on his more than 20 years helping marginalised communities access green spaces: How we can help everyone access the "Natural Health Service".
• English Heritage’s Shout Out Loud have joined the National Youth Theatre and the University of Warwick to produce an original new film: The Ancestors. Originally written as a site-specific outdoor promenade theatre production through the grounds of Portchester Castle exploring the voices of Black revolutionaries that history has continued to silence, The Ancestors was adapted into a filmed performance last summer. A screening is being held at Porchester Castle on Saturday 29 October.
• Kids in Museums have created a Twitter thread, sharing family friendly events being held by UK museums celebrating Black Heritage this October.
• In Bristol, a statue of Alfred Fagon, the first black playwright to have his work broadcast on British TV, has been Grade II-listed.

How is the Heritage Sector Engaging with Anti-racist EDI?

The National Lottery Heritage Fund [Alliance member] has funded a new report, published by AIU Race Centre, which examines the status of anti-racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the heritage sector across England: If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes.

The report presents recommendations from research undertaken by the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust, which encompassed both the internal workings of the organisations as well as their outward-facing activities.

Charities Speaking out Against Racism

Charity Digital has shared examples of where charities are speaking out against racism in notable ways and how others can take steps to become anti-racist organisations. Their key recommendation is to ‘prioritise internal change over external appearances’.

Guidance for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Museums

Kids in Museums has produced a guide designed to support the work of museums to represent and include queer communities and engage children, young people and families with LGBTQ+ heritage. The guidance includes tips and examples from other museums that are leading on this work in the sector.

Charity Fraud Awareness Week

Preventing Charity Fraud is marking Charity Fraud Awareness Week (17 – 21 October) by raising awareness and sharing good practice to help charities tackle fraud and cybercrime. Ideas and resources for getting involved are on the website.

UK Heritage Pulse – Survey 2 Results

A reminder that the full results from the second UK Heritage Pulse survey have been published by the National Lottery Heritage Fund [Alliance member]. Nearly 250 panel members (organisations that manage and support all types of heritage across the UK) responded to the survey. Three key themes were revealed from the responses: a) Managing financial uncertainty, b) Recruitment and staffing challenges, and c) Support for environmental sustainability. The full report explores each one in further detail.

Cost of Living Crisis Implications on Tourism

ALVA (Association of Leading Visitor Attractions) [Alliance member] has published new research into the Cost of Living crisis implications for tourism.

This consumer confidence research, undertaken by Decision House, shows that consumers are increasingly concerned about their own finances and the state of the economy. As a result, an increasing number of people are thinking again about taking day trips to UK attractions, due in part to an assumption that the cost of these attractions is increasing whilst others are cutting down or removing the relative ‘luxury’ of visiting attractions. 24% of the public now spontaneously mention financial concerns when asked how they feel about visiting attractions compared with 16% back in June.

30x30 Progress Report

The first 30x30 Progress Report was launched yesterday (Wednesday 19 October) by Wildlife and Countryside Link. Wildlife and Countryside Link is calling on the Prime Minister to send a clear international message that the UK will be a global leader in implementing 30x30. The 30x30 target is expected to be a key commitment in global nature talks at COP15 in Montreal in December.

The report states that the Government is not on course to protect 30% of the land and sea for nature by 2030. Key figures detailed in the report include:

• Only 3.22% of England’s land is effectively protected for nature.
• The Government has designated 2831 hectares in three new Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Swanscombe Peninsula, Dearne Valley Wetlands, and Cotswold Water Park, contributing 0.22% to the amount of protected land.
• A maximum of 8% of England’s seas could be said to be effectively protected for nature.
• The progression of management measures in some Marine Protected Areas has increased the amount of ocean by 4% at most.

The report argues that this means “designation, not deregulation” – protecting more land and sea for nature, rather than weakening planning rules.

You can read more of the report’s findings here.

HVG Volunteer Leader of the Year Award

The Heritage Volunteering Group Volunteer Leader of the Year Award celebrates the achievements of those who have made a difference and recognises innovative and outstanding examples of volunteer leadership and management within our sector. Nominate someone who has made a real difference to your organisation or volunteers to receive an award. The closing date for nominations has been extended until midday on Friday, 21 October.

Research Culture & Heritage Capital – Funding Opportunity

AHRC and DCMS are seeking research projects that will help develop a thorough and well-rounded approach for fully exploring the value of culture and heritage. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding. Applications are now being accepted, with a closing date of 17 January 2023.

Climate Heritage Network – Bringing African Cultural Voices to COP27

The Climate Heritage Network working with partners has secured the opportunity for cultural voices to share their perspectives within the COP27 delegate zone (the "Blue Zone") via the COP27 Resilience Hub. They are calling for support to ensure that five African culture & heritage colleagues stand ready to bring new, cultural voices to the conference when it convenes in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt in November.

Kids in Museums – Family Friendly Museum Awards

The National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield has been revealed as the winner of the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award 2022. The Museum of Making was awarded Best Medium Museum, the National Maritime Museum was awarded Best Large Museum, Experience Barnsley was awarded Best Accessible Museum and PK Porthcurno has been awarded Best Family Engagement Team.

Further details about the awards and this year’s winners, here.

The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2023

The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2023 are open for submissions. These awards from Europa Nostra, offer the chance for the most inspiring architects, craftsmen, cultural heritage experts, professionals, volunteers, public and private institutions, and local communities to be recognised for their achievements. The deadline for submissions is 25 November 2022.

Get the Basics Right: 10 actions to improve charities’ funding experience

A new blog from IVAR, who launched the Open and Trusting Grant-making initiative last year, summarises their findings about what 1,200 charities want from funders when they apply for and manage grants. The findings show that the over 100 funders who have joined the Open and Trusting community recognise that “shifting to a more trusting, power-aware relationship between foundations and charities is necessary for civil society to be a true force for equitable, democratic and effective social change”.

Status of UK Fundraising Report 2022

Blackbaud have published their fifth Status of UK Fundraising Report. The 2022 report creates a comprehensive view of fundraising in 2022 and includes how over 1000 charity professionals rated themselves on areas such as income trends and fundraising targets, digital transformation, and collaboration.

NCVO – UK Civil Society Almanac 2022

NCVO has published the UK Civil Society Almanac 2022 – the latest available data on the voluntary sector's finances and people. The findings from this year show that the voluntary sector’s workforce grew 3% over the last year, the fastest growth of any sector over the last decade. Also among the key findings:

• Almost one million people worked in the voluntary sector in 2022, about 3% of the UK workforce
• The voluntary sector workforce has grown by more than a quarter (27%) since 2011
• Women make up two thirds of the voluntary sector workforce.
• The amount of disabled people in the sector is growing, with just over 1 in 5 (23%) people identifying as disabled in the voluntary sector.

Creative Health Review

NCCH and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing Creative Health have launched Creative Health Review. The Creative Health Review will highlight the potential for creative health to help tackle pressing issues in health and social care and more widely, including health inequalities and the additional challenges we face as we recover from Covid-19.

Over the next year, a series of online roundtables will be held, presenting evidence and examples of the powerful influence creative health can have on our health and wellbeing, and how it can be used across key policy areas.

Alliance Member News

A snapshot of the current work of our members.

Consultations

Open Consultations (with closing dates):

• BEIS - Review of Net Zero: call for evidence – 27 October

• Competition & Markets Authority - Consumer protection in green heating and insulation sector: a call for information – 1 November

• The Environment Agency - Regional flood and coastal committees: membership and boundary change – 8 November 2022

• Maritime & Coastguard Agency – Consultation to review MSN 1870 (M+F) Amendment 4 the merchant shipping and fishing vessels (personal protective equipment) regulations 1999 – 25 November

• Office of Tax Simplification - Review of hybrid and distance working – 25 November

Events

Upcoming Heritage Events - Quick Look

• 5 Oct – 17 Nov: London Luminaries – virtual lecture series
• 20 Oct:  AIM Hallmarks Together - core business review and networking, - Oxford

• 25 Oct – 7 Dec: Online Talks Autumn 2022: Victorians at Home – Online; Vic Soc

• 31 Oct: Open High Streets: Working with Public Bodies to Deliver Successful High Street Projects - London; Heritage Trust Network

• 3 Nov: The SPAB Heritage Awards – Conway Hall, London

• 3 Nov: Architecture & Health, 1660-1830 – Symposium (London); Georgian Group

• 7 Nov: Wilding Rural Enfield Lecture – online; London Parks & Gardens Trust

• 8 Nov: HOW TO: Understand Planning Permissions & Listed Building Consent – online; LHBT

• 8 Nov: John Wood and the Creation of Georgian Bath – lecture (London); Georgian Group

• 9 Nov: Historic Buildings & Places Casework Review - online

• 14 Nov: Waterloo Uncovered Presents: An Evening at the National Gallery

• 14 - 16 Nov: The RIBA Conservation Register Forum 2022 – online; RIBA

• 15 Nov: The 2022 Tourism Conference - Recovery and Growth – London 

• 15 Nov: The Historic Buildings Parks & Gardens Event 2022 - London

• 22 Nov: Palaces of Revolution: Life, death and art at the Stuart court – lecture (London); Georgian Group

• 24 Nov: Heritage Debate 2022 – online, The Heritage Alliance
• 29 Nov: Open High Streets: The Importance of Community Engagement and Leadership - Birmingham; Heritage Trust Network
• 7 Dec: Historic Buildings & Places Annual Lecture - online

Courses

Upcoming Heritage Courses:

• 17 – 21 Oct: The Repair of Old Buildings Course, SPAB
• 17 Oct - 26 Nov: Understanding Your Old House Course, SPAB
• 19 Oct - 14 Dec: Researching Your Ancestors in the Long 18th Century, Society of Genealogists
• 5 Nov  - 10 Dec : Researching 17th Century Ancestors, Society of Genealogists
• 9 Nov - 14 Dec: Heritage Interpretation Online, AHI
• 5 Dec: Historic Finishes Masterclass, Hampton Court Palace

Jobs

Salaried

Unsalaried

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We are currently updating existing records in the directory. If you are a funder and would like to list your fund in the Heritage Funding Directory, please follow this link to submit the details through our online form. We also welcome updates to existing entries through this form.

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